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Al-Anfal 39

Ayah 39 of 75 · Medinan

وَقَٰتِلُوهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتۡنَةٞ وَيَكُونَ ٱلدِّينُ كُلُّهُۥ لِلَّهِۚ فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوۡاْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا يَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ٣٩

And fight against them until there is no fitnah1 and [until] the religion [i.e., worship], all of it, is for Allāh.2 And if they cease - then indeed, Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Persecution. See footnote to 2:191.

2 i.e., until polytheism is no longer dominant.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَٰتِلُوهُمۡAnd fight themwaqātilūhum
  2. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  3. لَاnotlā
  4. تَكُونَthere istakūna
  5. فِتۡنَةٞoppressionfit'natun
  6. وَيَكُونَand iswayakūna
  7. ٱلدِّينُthe religionl-dīnu
  8. كُلُّهُۥall of itkulluhu
  9. لِلَّهِۚfor Allahlillahi
  10. فَإِنِBut iffa-ini
  11. ٱنتَهَوۡاْthey ceaseintahaw
  12. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  13. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  14. بِمَاof whatbimā
  15. يَعۡمَلُونَthey doyaʿmalūna
  16. بَصِيرٞ(is) All-Seerbaṣīrun

Tafsir

O believers, fight your disbelieving enemies until there is no more idolatry or Muslims being stopped from Allah’s religion, when religion and obedience is for Allah alone without any partner being put alongside Him. If the disbelievers stop their idolatry and preventing Muslims from Allah’s religion, then leave them, because Allah sees what they do and nothing is hidden from Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran